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Show and TEL presentation slide - Eoin Hinchy

Show and TEL - Eoin Hinchy

In this session, Eoin shares his experience in Brightspace, both as a lecturer and as a student. He shares how he overcame some initial teething issues and some great insights and tips with using checklists, creating and embedding content.
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Show and TEL series - Claire Harnett presentation slide

Show and TEL - Claire Harnett

In this session, Claire explains how she got started with Brightspace 'on the go', sharing her best practices for teaching her blended modules and her students' feedback so far.
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Show and TEL series - Jill Pearson presentation slide

Show and TEL - Jill Pearson

In this session, Jill shares her learnings through her first experience of using Brightspace for a blended learning postgraduate programme and gives great encouragement and advice to others getting started.
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Image of Title slide for 'Show and TEL' series presented by Lorraine T Ryan

Show and TEL - Lorraine T Ryan

In our first session in Show and TEL, Lorraine T Ryan from the Department of Work and Employment Relations (KBS) talks about her experience as a Course Director and lecturer with Brightspace.
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Graphic of a laptop on a desk showing the UDL principles, with the text Universal Design for Learning and New Academic Year Resolutions

New Academic Year Resolutions

By Jess Beeley
Reading time: 7 minutes
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Graphic of a laptop on a desk showing the UDL principles, with the text UDL Theory Into Practice

Universal Design for Learning at UL: UDL Theory into Practice

By Jess Beeley
Reading time: 6 minutes
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Presentation slide consisting of a picture of a laptop and the title of this blogpost, "Enhancing student engagement through online forums".

Enhancing Student Engagement through Online Forums

By Rachel Murphy.
Reading Time: ~10 mins.
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Using Twitter to Engage Users by Darina Slattery

Using Twitter to Engage Students

By Darina Slattery.
Reading Time: ~7 mins.
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Presentation slide consisting of the title of this blogpost and a colourful wikimedia commons image depicting an abstract concept of different brightly coloured people in motion.

Developing spoken interaction and intercultural awareness in foreign languages through Virtual Exchange

By Marta Giralt.
Reading Time: ~10 mins.
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A screenshot of video capturing software with the author webcam visible in picture-in-picture mode.

Moving Teaching Online with Video

By Chris Exton.
Reading Time: ~7 mins.
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A group of students working in front of computers, blogs can be seen on the computer screens.

From Individual Critical Thinking to Collaborative Learning Using Blogs

By Liam Murray.
Reading Time: ~9 mins.
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Laptop turned on with code displaying on the screen and a plant next to the laptop in a coffee shop.

Creating an Interactive Online Student Programming Experience Supported by R and OneDrive

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